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9„, PERSONS SEEKING LANDED iI It,' ,S iATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, p HOLD AND GENER A S E EHOLD L.NVESTAIV,NTS, AND 4 0 PER rus LLY— ., ORE IIAD GRATIS, at the principal . Railviav Bookstalls oughout the kingdom, or at the Auction au .d Estate Office?, 3 ; 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. , E. ot 11E PROPERTY nEGISTER," contain/Ps; a varied selc„-ction and H. Lumley s th e landed and house properties DOW irt the market, from nobleman's mansi on, with its man orial domain, to the g/c,t‘tage with its few acres. bY W NERS OP PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can effl airace the opportunity that the mei dium of this . Register by o• the particulars of to th tate Offices, sendin Chancery-lane, London their , as properties the Messrs.e ley can in most cases introduc c immediate cr.stomeys, :, r ere the property is ot an eligible Character, thereby avoid ^enietntleee B disadvantages of delay an d its atten;tant incon- PTERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur itoaser is introduced through Messrs. Luviley's clt hen only the usual moderate commissi , jn . Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery -lane, London. PRNITURE, CARPETS , B EDDING, and th e „PLOORCLOTH, CA RRIAGE-,FR „Vegdoin, rerrardless of amount Kb] to any house in or o .istance. First• class i:us at second-class prises. Te,ro 3 , -, ro'rgYtnett and Gentlemen. An, peculiarly liberal to tnmense stock to select Xp r e n, displayed in Showrcoms XCrapying an acre of ground. e ry,articl e warranted. kiit-OIGYMEN and GEN' fLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR are respectfully in` .armed that Messrs. Cobbett and ,ollaiire publishing an„ e ntirely New Edition of their un ••ed' ROUSE FU" ..41SHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo t e n ? . able engraving. of every description of Furniture and - ea dS, with Pe.ces attached. A copy sent gt atis and r„T-iree on applization. This costly work also contains plate stimata for furnishing on the following revised e lde : E : ix-romaied Parsonage An Eight,-roomed ditto A Ten-momed ditto .A. Twelr, e-roomed dlito ' 191 11 0 • Of ether. with a ?rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass ea,„,llafile in'tbrmationto all requiring'househ )1d furniture, zn e 'r's, or br.dding. References kindly permitted to Clergy thrir dgerltltmen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, weLester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, OVord. Brighton, G4iusborough, Margate. Kidder gt. Wellington, Croyd‘an. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, Worcester, Iprovich, Peterborough, St. David's, Ii t "eall, and above 500 'other places in all parts of Great kid L E nay nd CO., Cgeneral House Furnishers. Deptford ge, n S E , .r E MEXICAN BANK (Limited). coni Allotmant of the Shares in this Bank was This Day le ted by the Board, find the Letters of Regret and 'tent will b e forwa rde,d without delay. - By order. W3I. THOS. MORRISON, Secretary pro tem. 1 9 , e n 1 Porary Offices- -10, King William-street, E.C. Pebruary, 1864. R E M EXICAN BANK The Directors ar (Limited). ~tttlPresentative props e prepared to receive Applications from tly qualified, to proceed to Mexico as the i r Lettersthe in re P• LY to this Advertisement to be address ed to Chairman, %met will be considered confidential. By order. THOS. MORRISON, Secretary pro tem. ,prypor Offices-10, King William-street, E.C. N°IM7IiCH UNION FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. The D. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. aleir anie u , ectors .hatehereby give notice, that, in consequence ot ate extension o the London, Chatham, and Dover , they have vacated their offices, No. 6, Crescent, New 4 0. g . "! 3treet, and REMOVED to their NEW PREMIS ES, Fleet -street, E.C. /'ehr 1141 7 4, 1864. • Q. O VERNMENT ANNUITIES BILL.— -At a pF h nlinterously attended MEETING of the MEI',IBERS 011 t 4 ,e LIFE ASSURANCE PROFESSION, hel d at the to D„ - of the Royal Farmers' Assurance Company, s, Nor 'stl'eet, Strand, on Friday, February 19, 1864. JOHN REDDISH, Esq„ in the Chair, The following Resolutions were passed:— t or r• That Life Assurance has been carried on in this country thA ri ce , ntury and a half by private enterpri seheir, ay id that the urancP Companie have fulfilled t engagements th a a t • Manner which will bear honourable corny Arison with kla °f anY other class of institutions; that they ihave always arepted themselves to the public wants and COY ivenience, and „ able and willing to continue to do so. c . 4* That this Meeting is of opinion that tlle proposal of the eiltl e rliment is an interference with ordir,ary commercial ?rise, and ought to be opposed. b;• ii hat a Committee, with power to add. to their number, and c t " 7 aPpointed, for the purpose of weetnhing the measure ,I,ta.Er, such steps as they may deem expedient. k an That the foregoing Resolutions be • signed by the ChAr.. se n „,and transmitted to the Chancellor of the Exchecmer, in- Oth":„;'• M the daily papers, and sent to the metroPo);stan and '` members of the House. - JOHN R ,EDDISH, Chairman. Jellicoe, Esq, J. Rede:lsh, Esq., T. B. barb en 'ague, Esq., H. T. Tinfold, Esq., J. me;ssent, Esq., Henry , Esq. I,onimunications in reference t a the above subject should LLate-hill, addressed to the Honorary S , xretary, Henry llarben, 35, liti gate-hill, London. THE IMPERIAL ,F FNANCIAL COMPANY (' e° rPorated under " Th, Amite d). the liabilit of the shr Aiompanies Act, 1862," by which of their shares. 47 eholders is limited to the amount 11 P i tal, £2,000,000, in 40,000 shares of £ 5O each. First , !aue, 20,000 shay.e.Q. Deposit, £1 per share on applica tion, and £t e xceed £2 10 , 4 _ , ,n allotment. Subsequent calls not to and at intervals of not less than three months, e,511 will be made until after the expiration ~5 three morW as from the date of allotment. 4 t 18 not intrYied to call up more than £l5 per share ; but as the oPo rations of the Company increase, and more issues ital can be advantageously employed, further t i i,"'l,l of shares will be made, a preference being given to uo.n existing shareholders. J ohn DIRECTORS. Chapman, Esq., Director of the Union Bank of j,l -4 v.ndon. "vai Oliver Hanson, Esq., Director of the National Pro , tincial Bank of England. a Otain J. Gilbert Johnst'on, Director of the London and 13 ontb Western aailway Company. harle s Kelson, Esiq., Deputy-Chairman of the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company. e° rge Gordon Macpherson, Esq., Chairman of the Agra end United Ser.viee Bank. John Henry Pelly, Bart., Deputy-Governor of the 1 , L oyal Exch snr,e As.arance Corporation. am Sch olefield, Esq., M.P., Director of the Union Bank of Loud on . si. oi bbald D' LviScott,Bart., 'cl Director of the National Ile t ,„," v -„ ln eja) Bank of England. — 4 , -uitn'ov Seymour, trett Esq,, M.P., 30, Upper Grosvenor- GENF,AAL MANAGER. T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. Th e D . . BANKERS. 1 ,,,, nion Bank iti::Te. of London, Princes-stre„at, Mansion i litteetra and United Service Bank (Limited), 27, Cannon- SOLI CITORS. ega,„ , ---'' Ashurst, Morris, and Knight , 6, Old Jewry. 4xies era .„. BROKERS. ‘ 11-niglt, Coleman, and Co., 1, Royal Exchange itm, b a ildings. S--'l' ll tY (pro tem.)—Arthur Blunt, Esq. b2h,ct a t. Temporary O ffi cers-21, Finch-lane. P.ROSPECTIJS . 31 - 1 4 d' t e - c , ll ,.tion of capitalists and the public has of late been . i i ,„`" i s C o ir n -- „' e d., to the introduction of Financial Companies dae-ialeeijattilonemtbrYei,_ar.d the result of the operation of thes . e both , v now known has afforded a striking evi tiaeY off er e L 4 ,,h g eir commercial utility and the advantages . e aPital. r for a judicious and profitable employment ot th e f Th r e C . 'Mahon of this Company has for some time engaged aati• •I'aftli , Ai le d consideration of the Directors, and they are 8 44 a that an ample field remains in England, abroad, "Itee-P;eeiallY in India for conducting d successfully an vah a r a t r fse of this character; n secured very I nent e e° - operation, and made other preliminary arrange -14414, the y have no hesitation in introducing it to the Th e „ . l at. prinei pal objects of the Company will include—. 4 41 no, The negotiation of loans, concessions for r ai lways col other publicworks, whether in England, India, the clu e . M. 1" abroad. aee, tl • The advances of money on t he de p osit of approved fkitne ttti e s , as well as the purchase and negotiation of the .1 d . 7, commission. moub ted acilities will also be afforded to contractors of un tait,,,, Position_ , who have undertaken the construction of z k a Ya . and other important works. Pi •ge Directors are fully impressed with the necessity of Nan ce and caution in the selection of their business.. _ ; rag i)itual relations have already been established with lead mediate e i li king-houses and capitalists with a view to the im p•aie commencemen t of operations. obt r.caPectuses and forms of applications for shares may be 11 tuned at the temporary offices of the Company, N. 21, e e r i tc h-lane, or at the offices of the brokers, Messrs. Knight, aph e j aa nt and Co, I Royal Exchange-buildings, where all vdcations for share ' s are to be made. ee be form mus t b e d e livered entire to the B ankers of the to P a nY ; and, after payment of Deposit, the a pp lication e r etained by them. To the PORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Directors of the Imperial Financial Company Gen tlemen , (Limited). n, having paid to your bankers the sum of toth.. , , being a deposit of LI p request on shares tee ti ituove Company, I hereby that you will allot Israeli -' Lumber ,• and I agree to accept such shares, or any t 4 ;eitrionnusalb that may be allotted to me, sub j ect to the e ßti , , number of the Company, and also to pay the further foretyou to ris e of of Z 1 per share on allotment ; a nd I hereby autho r my name on the register of shareholders i le shares so allotted, Name in full Residence ............................ Profession or business . ... Date .................................. RECEIPT FOR DEPOSIT. b th:weeived this day of 1864, of (1 4 ' e nrn of poun s, being d a d eposit ' of £1 per share, (Lknited), shares, in the Imperial Financial Company For —_—__---- ,__ - ••-..._ Bankers to the Company. AYE'S WORSDELL'S PlLLS.—These Pills a. „ are a purely vecretable preparation, and may be taken la io '.Y time by either sex without fear or danger. They act ar rh n the bowels mildly yet effectually, and by their floe tonic, ;tie, and regulatepp, they remove all oppressive atre n Illations, the secretions of the lives and bowels, r etne hen the stomach, and purify the blood. Unlike many hli g h' i ca , they do not induce l iabilit y to take cold or esta th," a necessity for the habitual u se of p ur g atives, and are 14/08„stronoly recommen ded as the BEST FAMILY • "vvPniTared solely by John K a y e, Es q ., of Pros p ect Hall, p at T,to d, Essex. Sold by all chemists and other dealers in ePci, 2 edicines, at Is lid, 2s 9d, and 4s Gd. Wholesale Bread-street, London. 111AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN -4.I3TECTITAL EMEDY, without confining the bowels bu t a t . e ecting,- the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad Con d t o b e the best medicine for immediately relieving 84 1, 5, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con- Dro t r i°,l - It frequently cures persons whom the faculty p ro °Juice incurable, admirably allays the tickling which Yokes frequent cowling. In approaching consumption effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or I, e ?lYinz down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief a tew minutes after takin,,, it. Prepared only and sold by cro L B 431 BERT. Chemist. 8 Kinc , -Wlliam-street, Charing , , London, and by all dru.ggists, in bottles, Ind., and t o ,te quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask ...'_. l - , ainbert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address ae. `ugrivied on the stamp. :w-/4-e/ No. 22,363. THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1864. WHERE CAN WE MEET AF TER THE PANTOMIMES 7 My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. NEW WORK BY THE DUKE OF MANCHESTER. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Fine Portraits, 305., COURT AND SOCIETY, f rom ELIZABETH to ANNE. Edited, from the Papers at Kimbolton, by the DUKE of MANCHESTER. "The Duke of Manchester has done a welcome service to Vie lovers of gossip and secret history by p u bli s hi ng th ese family papers. '—Athenaeum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN WAR. IVNAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It ii Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns ]n England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." (From the Times Special Correspondent with the Danish Army.) DANISH HEADQUARTERS, SONDERBORG, February 27. We are in actual armistice here, though in daily expectation of a renewal of hostilities. I was de sirous yesterday to see what ground there might be for the belief, rather generally entertained here, chat the Austro.Prussians, in their apparent state of inaction, meditated a great stroke—no less a feat indeed, than throwing a bridge across the Sound from Sandbjerg or Storeskov. I rode out conse quently through the western districts of Ulkebol and Kjcer as far as Ronhave and Arnkieleore. The little triangular piece of ground which lies between the Sound and the Augustenburg Fiord has its base between Sonderborg and Ulkebol and its apex at Arnkielsore. It is hilly, or at least boldly undulated, as far as Kjcet ; but it sinks down into almost a dead flat at Ronhave. As I approached the latter place the signs of habitation, which were not very fre quent in what is called Ulkebol-Westermark and Kjcer-Westermark, almost entirely disappeared. The territory of Ronhave, up to the extreme point of the triangle at Arnkielsore,is but one vast farm, and the gaard or court where the landowner resides is almost the last habitation. The rural population is scanty every where in these regions, notwithstand ing the great fertility of the soil. There seems to be nothing like sm a ll f arm i ng in D enmar k, a circum stance which, co u pl e d w ith a provident municipal administration and the all pervading spread of edu cation, account for the total absence of mendicity, or indeed sordid poverty, to which I alluded in my last letter. TEN PER CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS.— STRAND MUSIC HALL COMPANY (Limited) BONDS of .£5O each, are now ready for issue, constituting a a First Charge upon the Property of the Company, repayable in Three Years, and bearing Interest at £lO per Cent. per Annum, p iyable halt-yearly. Apply at the Offices of the Company, 345, Strand, W.C. or to Mr. G. T. Taylor, Stock and Share Broker, 11, Token house-yard, EC, Now ready, at all the Librarie s , i n 3 vo l s., PE C TJL I A R. A TALE OF THE GREAT TRANSITION. By Order of the Board, FREDERIC LLWRANCE, Secy. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Entrée, Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from 3 to 9, and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30. Private Rooms for large or small parties. JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. H E 0 X F OR D, R, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and success ful Cantata KING CHRISTMAS, and other Musical Enter tainments, supported by the following talented artistes:— Misses Russell, Fitz-Henry, Tyrrell, %I , almsley ; MesA.s. Morley, Tivoli, Green, &c. NOTICE.—In a few days will be produced FAIT . ,; , p , by M. Guonod, embracing the entire company of this establishment with augmented band and chorus. Director, Mr. F. Joncr amans . UNSWORTH and EUGENE will make their re-appear ance This Evening. Comedy, by Mr. T. Macl o :aan, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nell)' Power (the juvenile comedienne), &c., -.cc. lidmission—Area l 6d. ; stalls and bale3ny, is. ; private b axes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. The Fairy Entertainment, entitled PRINCE BLOSSOM IN THE LAND OF SHADOWS! Is written expressly for this establishment by W. F. Vander veil, author of the celebrated " Enchanted Hash," and en ables Mr. Morton, with the aid of Professor Pepper's Optical Illusion (known as the Ghost), to produce effects never before contemplated, and which have all been duly registered by him and Mr. J. H. Weston under the title of •` The Ghost in the Magic Fountains." By this new arrangement, that which is in reality nothing but a shadow, becomes to all ap pearance endowed with life, and when "Fame" takes her flight through the burning Cataracts, and the Naiads seek their beds in the Crystal Waters, form a coup d'ceil of beauty unparalleled even in fairy romance. Prince Blossom (with the Song of all Nations), Miss Townley. The Marvellous Illusion will take place every Evening at half-past Nine o'c'ook. All the wonderful entertainment of the establishment, as usual, in addition to the above. Admission—Area, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- LAST NIGHTS of FRANCONI'S GRAND CIRQUE. EVERY EVENING, at Half-past seven o'clock : and on MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and SATURDAY, at 2 o'clock., p OY AL ALHAMBR A. - IL, FR A.NCONI'S ENGAGEMENT will SHORTLY TE LAMINATE. DOYAL ALHAMBRA.- xt, FRANCONI'S TROUPE will RETURN to FRANCE in a few days. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION.—A full-length Model of JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Confederate States; also, a full length Model of PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Admittance, is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. AR GY L L ROO M S, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open at Half -past 8, commence at 9. Admission ls. Manager, M. GRENET. 44A, MADDOX-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and lulant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, ctc. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One shilling (tor Gentlemen only). ON CHLORATE OF POTASSA AND ITS USE IN OXYDISINO THE BLOOD. DR. S. P. SARGEANT. M.R.C.S., and L.S.A. (1836 1 , will shortly repeat his Lecture on this subject at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, and will satisfactorily prove that Chlorate of Potassa, (as prepared by passing chlorine through a mixture of quick-lime and water, and subsequently boiling a long time with Chloride of Potassium) Is a most active remedy for oxydising the blood, and restoring vitality to the low, vitiated state of the nervous system, and is there fore calculated to supersede the use of iron, mercury, quinine, and sarsaparilla. —56, Gower-street, Bedford-square, London. 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A Letter of Christian IV. of Denmark, anno 1611; of Sir Philip Sydney, Washington, Nelson, Nesselrode, Metternich, Dumouriez, the Earl of Ellesmere, Coleridge, Mrs. Troilope, the Countess of Derby (Miss Farren , , Charles Kean, Miss Helen Faucit, Charles Mathews ; and Sketches, with Auto graphs, of Thackeray and Leech. Temporary Office-110, Strand, W.C. B USINESSES. - MR. ANDREW HIND'S JANUARY LIST, Containing 503 Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &c., Gratis. Letters, enclose stamp. Particulars entered free. Offices—Corner of LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. HOUSES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE a Corner SHOP, at Holloway, and Three Pri vate Houses adjoining, producing £94 per annum. Ground rent £25. Price £715, or separately. Also the following : Chelsea, four. 1,000 guineas; ditto, £5OO and £850; Camden town, two, £1,20: ; Holloway, two, £670 ; Homerton, six, £135 each, 4.tc. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. FARM WANTED to rent, from 50 to 200 acres, with moderate-sized dwelling-house and outbuildings. Particulars to be sent to A. H., 15, Godliman-street, Doctors'- commons, London. Family Residence and Land. MR. ANDRE X HIND has to LET a comfort able HOUSE, in Essex, fourteen miles from town and two from a station, delightfully situate on high ground, and commanding extensive views. Contains lofty drawing room, dining and morning* rooms, four best and five other bed rooms, kitchens and cellars. Grounds comprise pleasure and kitchen gardens, shrubbery, paddock, and meadow, together about seven acres ; with lodge entrance, stabling, coach house, green house, ornamental water, at.d bridge. Rent, on three years' agreement, £120; fixtures, £5O ; or the lease for 18 years at £lOO. Price, with fixtures, £2OO. Cards to view may be had at fhe Auction and Estate Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. HOUSES. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET a spacious HOUSE, at Brixton Hill, containing nine bed and reception rooms, with usual offices, large pleasure and kit hen gardens, Sic. Rent, £lO5. Also a large house, furnished, and the following : —Lewisham, rent £BO ; Harrow, ZSO, &c. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul ESIDENCE.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has to I_lo LET or SELL an ex3ellent Detached lIOUSE at Hackney, containing 16 rooms, basement, &c. The neigh bourhood is pleasant and healthy; soil grave►. Rent, £9O. Price, freehold, £1,600. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. Standing on the door-sill of the court of Ron have, or on the skirts of the woods at Arn kielsore, I could distinctly see over the water a few Prussians moving about in the woods of Sandbjerg and Storeskov. Those woods belong to a fine landed estate, the property of one of the many branches of the Reventlow family, and the beautiful Slot or Palace of Sandbjerg rises close to the water-side, on the opposite shore, about half a mile from the spot where I stood. In the pleasure grounds and the Chase of Sandbjerg, then, the Austro-Prussians have lodged themselves, and alto gether I may have ccunted about 100 of them. They were all Prussians, and all infantry men; and the pickets on duty on our (the Danish) side and the peasantry on the spot assured me no artillery, pon toon, or bridge equipage was anywhere to be seen. The evidence of their eyes or of mine goes for no thing, however, for very extensive operations might be carried on under cover of the bare, but dense plantation. The width of the Sound, which, as I said, is only 150 yards at the bridges of Sonderborg is, to say the least, twice as great on the narrowest point opposite to Storeskov. What means modern engineering may have to bridge over a sheet of water nearly a third of an English mile in width competent persons can judge; but what is very sure, at any rate, is that all attempts at crossing would be gal lantly resisted by the Danes. Wherever I went,. all along the Sound, on the slope of the banks trenches were being rapidly thrown up, and at the water edge rifle pits were being dug for picket service. The Danes had hitherto no proper forts on the Sound, because they relied, as they still in a great measure rely, on the aid of their gunboats; but their field batteries are drawn up in the very best order at every farm house, and could be brought to bear on any threatened spot in not many minutes. Not only along the Sound, but all along the line of Dybbol, on the mainland, the Danes are striving to add artificial strength to what ie already naturally a very strong position. They keep no less than 6,000 men constantly at work. Every time I ride to the outposts, and that it almost daily, I see new bastions raised, new fields levelled, palisades reared, and huts constructed for the accommodation of the troops. Brave as the Danes are on the open field, they seem aware that their forte lies rather in des fence than attack, and in this present instance they are but too much justified in seeking in stone walls and earth bastions a vantage ground to counter balance the enormous numerical superiority of their adversary. May be all these active and extensive preparations will have been made in vain, and armistice and peace may be concluded before new " Danes' work" be quite ready for use; but the Danes themselves, soldiers and officers, will hear no mere about the cessation of hostilities. They long to measure their strength with that of the Germans, and are especially anxious for a brush with the Prussians. Next in favour to their national air, "Den tappre Landsoldat," is the other song, "Nu skal vi da atter med Preusserne slaaes" (Now shall we again with the Prussians fight), which they sing with great spirit and exultation, loud enough to be heard at the outposts on the other side. The whole of the Third Division of the Danes Army has left us, part of it embarking directly for Fredericia, in Jutland, and the remainder crossing over the ferries into Fu nen, to marc h across t h at island through Middelfart to the same destination. The Commander-in-Chief of the division, General Wilsier, was still here yesterday, but has in all pro bability followed his troops in the night. The Danish army is thus virtually divided into two. However active the communications between the head-quarters here and General Wilster'n Staff at Fredericia, the movements of the latter officer must to a great extent be left to his own discretion and responsibility. IRELAND. -Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE the Lessee's Interest in a convenient Small RESIDENCE and 78 Acres of prime LAND, pleasantly situate near the City of Cork, and commanding* beautiful views of the harbour and surrounding country. Good shoot ing and fishing. Term of lease, 91 years ; ground rent, £72. Price, £7OO. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. By all accounts that reach us from the invaded parts of the Duchy of Schleswig, it would seem that the Austro-Prussians are bent on discountenancing all revolutionary movements and so-called patriotic demonstrations so far as their occupation extends. It was only on their first arrival at Eckernforde, Schleswig, and other towns that, in the midst of the enthusiasm got up among the German party for the reception of the " brotherly" troops, and in their anxiety to mind their own special business, which was the attack on the Dannewerk, the commanders of the two invading armies were compelled to allow the demagogues their fall swing. But now, it would seem, these same commanders find them• selves more fully at their leisure, and they have very clearly intimated to the Schleswigers that they will bear no hand in any political innovation, and, limiting themselves to admi nister the country as much as possible accord ing to its old laws and institutions, they will leave the fature destinies of the Duchies in the hands of those whom it may concern. For my own part, there is no stronger conviction in my mind than that the Schleswigers and even the Holsteiners, are a people not to be moved to any revolutionary act except by a very strong pressure on the part of foreign agitators. Had Denmark been left alone with her subjects, I feel sure, whatever the feelings of nationality might be in the heart of some of them that the Schleswig-Holsteiners would never have given very alarming signs or disaffection ; for it is undeniable, on the one hand, that they could under no German Government have attained so great an arbount of wellbeing, culture, and real free dom as they enjoyed under their Danish rulers, and on the other, that they were fully aware how well off they were, and their contentment was, to say tho least, commensurate with their native loyalty and submissiveness, their love of order and respect for constituted authority. FEB. 18. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, "Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. The Danish army consists of three divisions, com manded by Generals Gerlach, Da Plat, and Wileter. Every division has th ree i nfantry b r i ga d es, each brigade composed of two' regiments, with two bat talions to each regiment. A Danish battalion musters 800 men, a regiment, consequently, 1,600, a brigade 3,200, and a di v i sion 9,600. E ach divi sion ip , besides, provided with two fi e ld - b atter i es, about 400 men, and half a regiment of dragoons, about 300. Altogether a di v ision, in its perfect state of efficiency, consists of no less than 10,300 men. The three divisions make a total of 30,900. There is, besides, a fourth, or cavalry division, un der the orders of Gen.Hegermann•Lindercrone, con sisting of three cavalry brigades, each brigade of two cavalry regiments, each regiment of six squad rons, with 120 men for each squadron. This would make a force of 720 men fo r each regiment, 1,440 for each brigade, and 4,320 for the whole division. The Danes, as I have stated, h ave only infantry of the line ; nothing like riflemen, sharpshooters, Zouaves, or Bersaglieri. All their foot soldiers are capital shots. There are peculiar evolutions for light infantry, however, for which all infantry men are not equally fit, and which require a great amount of special training. In Italy, for instance, the Ber saglierinow consists of 23 regiment s (so useful has its action been found in late campaign s ) , i s almost wholly corps, which was once one battalion, and re cruited among the mountaineers of Piedmont, Lom bardy, Liguria, &c., as the inhabitants of the plain are deficient in that hardihood, agility and activity which are required for all the running, leaping, crouching, and crawling indispensabl e i n t t rai cur service. Many of the very mountain lads that are entered in the Bersaglieri co rps have soon to be made ll over to the infantry of the line, as they too often break down under the severe exertions by which their powers of endurance are tested. Possibly the Danes, however strong, are not sufficiently agile and supple for that kind of work. All this does not include four reserve regiment, of foot and the artillery reserve. On the ~t. taking into account the losses the in dead, wounded, and pri-- hostilities on the n COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. „ Liute, has suffered we — r u lte nes , ttl'e during and the sick in hospi ta l , i t may b e sa f e compute the number of actual com b a t an t s on th e rerinsa the stragglers week 'sersn ...,dune line to something between 25,000 and 30,000. Some of the reserve having lately come up from Copen hagen. I am inclined to think that the latter num ber is nearer to the truth ; but armies, as every one knows, never are on the ground what they sp. :he retrFo' • • nn+ 42+ FY,• 1 011V/10.. 41L -- 0 leg _„ 0 . 5 WW I. DIE -OR° - • pear on paper, and I would not undertake to assert that the cadres of every battalion, regiment, brigade, or division in the Danish army are quite filled tip. Some very fine battalions of Grenadiers of the King's Guard, and a Equaci:on of 120 gigan tic cuirassiers of the Life Guards, whom greatly admired at Copenhagen, never appeared in the Duchy of Schleswig, even when the King 73113 at headquarters at Castle Gottorp, or here at Sonder borg. Now that his Majesty has gone back to the capital it would be idle, I suppose, to look for the arrival of those household troops, which ought never to move except by way of escort and protection to the Royal person. - It is idle to say that they were kept quiet by main force; it must not be forgotten that the two Duchies constituted two fifths of the Danish mo• narchy, and a population of that strength supported by all the national party in Germany would have been fully equal to a contest with the crown of Denmark, had that Crown exercised any tyrannical sway over them, had the discontent been so rife among them as the German newspapers describe it. These are, however, political topics, and only to be touched upon in the event of warlike operations giving way before diplomatic negotiations. Those of the readers of the Times who have had patience to read through my foregoing letters will have gained, I should hope, a sufficiently distinct knowledge of the respective position of the bellige rent parties here to be able to follow the events which have taken place this day to set a proper value upon th e ir importance. From Flensburg and Aabenraa (Apenrade), as I before said, the Austro -Prussians, advancing through the Sondeved, or Sundewitt, peninsula, between the two fiords which take their names from these towns, and facing this little isle of Ale, or Alsen, had come up by the south road from Flensburg, through Ringence3, Graasten, and Aldbol, as far es Nybol, and by the northern road from Aabenraa, through Ullerup to Sattrup. and had pushed their outposts as tar as the woods of Sandbjerg, on the Allssund. Besides these two avenues, both of which concen trate upon the Danish position at Dybbol, the Ger mans had left the main southern road at Alnor, between Ringeneei and Graasten; and from Alnor had taken possession of the Egernsund, throwing a pontoon bridge across that narrow strait, and thus advancing into the minor peninsula of Broagerland by Skodsbol and Smol they came by a third road upon the Dybbol position. We heard the day be fore yesterday that Marshal Wrangel had moved his head-quarters up to Ringensos, and that some of the Prussian outposts had advanced into the Broagerland peninsula as far as Smol. Yesterday about 100 of them were seen in the woods of Sand bjerg and SLorekov, on the Alssund, whence they fired on the Danish pickets across the strait, but without any result, as apparently without object. All these movements, however, evinced on the part of the enemy some desire to break the mono tonous stillness to which they have condemned them selves since they first came in sight of the fortifica tions at Dybbol ; and we all went to bed last night with the expectation of being awakened by the noise of an attack in the morning. You may remember, perhaps, that at the time of my first trying to lay before the reader the position of the Danes at Dybbol, I expressed my surprise that they should have allowed the enemy a free and easy entrance into the Broager peninsula, as I thought that by their command of the water they might so strongly have occupied the Egernsund as not only to hold that strait against any force, but also to enable themselves to send their gunboats into the Nybol Ncr, and molest their enemy in their advance along shore on the road from Adsbol to Nybol. That precaution was not taken ; the Austro-Prussians were freely let in across the Egernsund and into the Broager peninsula; or, as it now appears, they were lured in—they were allowed to come up through Skodsbol and Smol with a hope that they might be caught in a trap. How many of them have actually ventured into the Broager peninsula we have no means to ascer tain. That they had got as far as Smol, however, was well known, and the Danes, thinking the net was full, thought it high time to draw it up. This morning at a very early hour the cannon was heard. It was the Danish Monitor Rolf Brake, which had steamed up to the Egernsund in the night, and at break of day opened fire on the bridge thrown by the Germans across the strait. The Monitor, it seems, could not, owing to the shallowness of the water, advance near enough fully to accomplish her purpose. We know nothing very precise, at least as to the effects of her fire upon the bridge. She fired 72 shots, and was ' answered by the German batteries on shore at Ainor and Holdnce3 (the latter place across the Flensburg fiord) with 150 shots: One of the ene enemies' shots took effect, it is said, through her funnel, but without materially disabling her; one of her officers received a contusion, and two sailors were slightly wounded. It would seem in the meanwhile that the Metro- Prussians, uncertain of the issue of that struggle, which might in all probability have destroyed the bridge across the Egernsund and completely ett off their retreat over the road by which they had come, felt it incumbent upon them to secure an open way through the isthmus of the Broager peninsula by an open attack on the outposts of the Danish posi tion at Dybbol. A mere glance at the map, and the knowledge that the outpnsts of the Danes are at Dybbol and those of the A ustro-P_ russians at Nybol, iil satisfy the reader that the ground between Dybbol and Ny bol, which corresponds precisely to the neck or isthmus of the Broager peninsula, is a kind of debatable ground, occupied by the pickets of either party, and in the permanent possession of neither. By far the greater part of this ground is covered by large woods, bearing to the north of the road the name of Stenterup Skow, and to the south of the road that of Boifel Skov. This morning, to wards 11, the Austro-Prussians walked out of Nybol in a large force, and after short skirmish -1 izg th:4 dtove in the Dauldk pickets, and uta PRICE .ld. STAMPED ....sd. blished themselves in the Stenterup and Boffel woods. By this movement they gained full com mand over the isthmus of the Broager peninsula, and secured an easy escape for their troops at Smol, had these latter been "caught in the trap" laid for them by the Danes, in the event of their retreat being cut off at the Egernsund by the destruction of the bridge. The possession of the Stenterup and Boffel woods was not to be given up by the Danes without a spirited struggle. About 12 o'clock are noon the a.tArm sounded through the streets of Sonderborg. It is one of the peculiarities of the Thnish army that it boasts not a siogie drum, with the exception of the Royal foot-guards at Copenhagen, not a man of whom has as yet reached the camp. The alarm was, therefore, given by the trumpets, and, in a few minutes, three regiments of infantry were pressing to the bridge towards the scene of action. On ap proaching the woods, however, they found the enemy disposed to give way before them without striking a blow, and before three o'clock the Danish pickets had recovered the position from which they had been driven in the morning. The morning skirmish has cost the Danes five or six dead and 30 wounded ; among the slightly wounded an officer. Such has been, for this day, the conclusion of an action of no great moment as to its immediate results, but full of serious meaning if we either con sider the designs which brought it about, or the remote consequences it has had, or might have had. To what extent the Rolf Krate obtained its intent, which was to destroy the German bridge on the Egernsund, and thus shut up as many of them as had ventured into the Broager Peninsula, whence they would have had no other egress than through the isthmus between Nybol and Dybbol, we are not yet able to ascertain, and we are equally uncertain as to whether or not the Austro-Prussians marched out of the peninsula through the isthmus, profiting by the two or three hours in which their troops drove the Danish pickets from their posts in the Stenterup and Bodel Woods, and had possession of them. We may obtain more positive information before time comes to close this letter for the post. But in the meanwhile there is abundant proof that the Germans are far as yet from having it in their power to shut up the Dines in their position at Dybbol, and that these latter have still strategy and pluck enough to defeat the enemy's plans on a ground which they seemed to have already aban doned, but on which their command of the sea en ables them to reassert their hold whenever it suits them. FEBRUARY 18, 9 P.M. The mail closes in a few minutes, and no fresher ntelligence has reached us. It seemed almost posi :,ive that the bridge on the Egernsund is not de stroyed, and the position of the Germans in the Broager Peninsula remains as it was. The experi ment will, however, be renewed. FEBRUARY 20. It was a fortnight last night since the main strength of the Danish army marched out of Schles wig, beginning its toilsome and disastrous retreat from the Dannewerk. It will be a fortnight to morrow evening since the Danes sought the safe shelter of Alsen, and of the redoubted bastions at Dybbol, the great outwork of this their sea-girt fortress. The Austro Prussians were then in hot pursuit, and they have ever since stood face to face with the Danish pickets on every avenue concen trating from west, north, and south upon this place. Yet the two hostile forces have been ever since almost completely at rest, and the last san guinary affair was the brush between the rear of the pursued party and the van of the pursuers at Bilskorkrug or Oversee, on the evening of Sunday before last, Of course, when I say this I take into no account some occasional unavoidable and almost in voluntary exchanges of :*mots at the outposts, nor even of the skirmish of last Thursday, of which I gave an account in my letter of that date, and which was altogether of the Danes' own seeking. It was the attempt of the Danish Monitor Rolf Brake to burn the pontoon bridge at Egernsund, so as to cut off the Prussians' retreat from the Brosger Pen insula, which prompted the German forward move ment from Nybol and the occupation of the Stentc rup and Boffel Woods. They hoped thereby to open a way for their troops in Broagerland through the isthmus of the little peninsula, in the event of the egress across the Egernsund being intercepted. The attempt of the Rolf brake was unsuccessful because a round cape at the entrance of the strait on the eastern shore completely masked the bridge, and the water on the western shore was too shallow for her cannon to come within reach of its aim. The safety of the bridge reassured the Austro-Prussians, who had no further object in their advance into the woods, and who therefore lost no time in retiring within their own lines at Nybol, declining all conflict. Why they should keep so quietly within these lines, why the invasion of the Duchy of Schleswig, which began with so much ardour and vigour on their part, should come to a standstill before the bastions of Dybbol, is precisely the problem with the solution of which men's minds are busy here. That the position at Dybbol is formidable, and that the Germans are aware of its strength, is matter of certainty, for they turned all their en deavours against it in 1849, when it had hardly more than its natural advantages to rely upon, and were drive❑ from it again and again. It is ex tremely natural for them to wish to put off their attack until they have brought up all the heavy material they can muster ; but a fortnight is a long lapse of time for the accomplishment of such a task with the present means of locomotion they have at their command, those means which en abled them so soon to prepare for the storming of the Dannewerk. Oa the other hand, they must be aware that the Danes on their own side are not idle, but are adding bastion to bastion and trench upon trench, so as to make assurance doubly sure. All that the engineers here asked was just a fortnight's breathing time, and during this interval new works have risen as if by magic, and whenever the assailants are ready they will be quite sure to find the defenders fully as ready for them. As day follows day and no news is the news, we be gin to think that the expected attack will never take place, and we have been all this time tossed about between the hopes and fears of an armistice till the declarations of diplomatists in various countries set our minds at rest on that score. The Germans will not cease from hostilities, yet they will not dash their heads against the ramparts at Dybbol. Possibly they wish to carry on the war on softer ground in a different quarter. We have positive intelligence, indeed, that two days ago they crossed the frontier line which separates the Duchy of Schleswig from Jutland, and our anticipations of hot work there are so general that I have been more than once on the point of taking my berth in one of the steamers sailing regularly more than once a day to Frede -1 ricia. The invasion of the northern part of the penin sula—of that purely Danish province which is neither, like Holstein, a member of the German Confederacy, nor, like Schleswig, a territory 4g in dissolubly united with it," as the German s wou ld have it, and which, indeed, was not even inciden tally mentioned in that Treaty of 1852, the terms of which the Austro-Prussians have undertaken to enforce—the invasion of Jutland, I said, seemed to the people here too monstrous a breach of all law to be justified even by the exigencies of the mos internecine war. That the two German Powers who have now the whole of Schleswig in their hands except this little island, and the four square miles of ground adjoining it on the main land, should not think they had accomplished their great object until they h e ld literally every inch of Schleswig a t their discretion, might be possible, and the war might be expected to go on to the utter annihilation of the army shel tering at Alsen. But what passes all belief is, that caning themselves, with all their enormous taupe- THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN. /fIikOLLARD , S PERFUMED SULPHUR SOAP and CREAM for ordinary toilet purposes, and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving the skin and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual remedy in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most eminent physicians(see Testimonials). 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Jones, architect and surveyor, Furnival's-inn; Mr F. Peck, architect and surveyor, Fumival's-inn ; Mr J. S. Tucker, architect and surveyor, Park-street, Gros venor-square; and Mr F. Wallen, architect and surveyor, Old Broad-street. There was a 12th candidate in the person of Mr Richard Tress, but in consequence of that gentleman having been a member of the Court of Common Council within three months of the election, and being thus ineligi ble under the standing orders to accept any office under the Corporation, his name was omitted from the list of candi dates. At the commencement of the proceedings the Town Clerk read letters from Mr Barry and Mr Home, announcing that they had withdrawn from the contest. Three other gentlemen, Messrs. Isaacs, Tucker, and Peck, were subsequently declared ineligible under the stand• ing orders of the Court ; so that the number of candidates who finally went to the poll was six only, namely, Messrs. Bell, Chancellor, Dawson, Heath, Jones, and Wallen. It was arranged that this number should first be reduced to four, and the result of the poll was that Messrs. Bell, Dawson, Jones, and Wallen had obtained the greatest number of votes. Another poll was then taken to reduce this number to two, when Messrs. Bell and Jones were at the head of the poll. Upon the final poll, Mr Jones was at the head of the poll, and that gentleman was conse quently declared to be duly elected. The contest was alto gether a very close one; the first numbers declared wj-- Jones, 133; Bell, 130 ; Dawson, 110;Wale the second poll the numbers were :- o fta n ian e ad s , w pt : 0 6: a ,1:tB9ho 109, ue u m 7 p a n . ..; Dawson, 38 ; Wallen, 35. T rt be m rs r w j e to re i, ;;;J h oyes.:l ; journed. retutena'jBtPh2°.ann-krhs —.tones, k.;Z„,,_,<_.4•e.,Ac_e,(—z, riority of numbers, unequal to the task of iflefii4Fl7 A Alsen and Dsbbol they should, without7eit 4.,-47,-- - - vk*-- , - , zt) much as trying one assault, seek easierlicii , .. L:: , 5*'1ti 5 . 4 p.,.. , Elsewhere, and try to strike Denmark iCis — esic, ) . ' fri• ki -,•;:•1.„, . ~ vulnerable part, shrinking from no ungetietWe Wel e,ee - se , ema or.,Y Y measure to put the screw upon her, and brines" 2 - - - to terms by all means in their power, and with all ''' S possible speed. It is certainly not in the power of Denmark to guard all the frontier of Jutland, and the Austro- Prussians will find it as easy to overrun it to the very end of the peninsula as they found it to Occupy all Schleswig after the fall of the Dannewerk. But, on the very frontier of that province, at Fredericia, there is a position as likely to brave their efforts for a length of time, es Alsen and Dybbol have evidently stemmed the tide of their too ready victories in. Schleswig. The fortress of Fredericia, together with the little Peninsula in which it rises, aided, like this place, by inlets of the sea favouring the naval ope rations of the Danes, is, as it were, a third D ,nne eerk, offering no greater temptation to en unenter eriaing enemy chary of his blood tnan the place Defore which the Germans are now skulking with far more discretion than valour. The Danes are evidently anticipating great feats of arms on the Jutland frontier, and they are strain ing every nerve to throw the best of their forces into Fredericia. You are aware that the best part of their cavalry, in their retreat from the Dannewerk, never came in here at all, but marched on from. Flensburg through Apenrade and lladersley into Jutland. Since then 4,000 men at first, and sub sequently the whole of the third division, were shipped off from Sonderburg to Fridericia, and I saw this morning a beautiful regiment of dragoons, nearly the whole of the cavalry that we had here, embarking for the same destination. Alsen and Dybbol are at present all but disarmed and power less for offensive purposes, and although the 12,000 men, infantry and artillery, that we still have here are more than sufficient to hold the place against all odds, still it is not a little to be regretted that, in the event of an attack by the enemy and of his defeat, no means should be at hand for efficient pursuit. Probably the removal of all these troops with such reckless haste to the North reveals an in tention on the part of the Danes to carry on opera tions on the open field in Jutland. The disparii., o f numbers, and even the inferiority of weapons, par ticularly rifle and cannon, would seem to preclude the hope on their side of any warfare on a large scale. What they could not accomplish behind the Dannewerk bulwarks and the deep waters of the, Schlei they can hardly expect to do on the wide plains of Jutland. They may harass the Germane with a few weeks' petite guerre, truly; but even for that kind of work their somewhat unwieldy infan try and heavy cavalry do not seem well suited.. Sooner or later Fredericia and her peninsula will be as closely invested as Alsen and Dybbol.sow are, and, that being the case, it remains matter of un certainty whether the Austro-Prussians will try their strength against Fredericia any more than against this place, or whether they will not rather mask both places, and, by avoiding all conflict themselves and putting all conflict on the part of the Danes out of the question, lord it all over the peninsula from Kiel to Aarhuus. I do not think there can be any doubt as to the power the Germans have of driving the Danes utterly from the field if they choose to put forth sufficient forces for that purpose, although the Danes themselves fondly believe that the subject admits of dispute. The position at Dybbol and the peninsula at Fridericia present but a narrow ap proach to the invader; but that very narrowness of approach, favourable as it is for defence, is no less unfavourable for offensive purposes. The garrison, shut up in its corner, and caught, as it were, in a trap, can only attempt a sally in ono direction, and there the enemy awaits it on a strip of ground almost as narrow as the approach of the fortress itself. Posted on the neck of the Sundewitt penin sula, for instance, between Adsbol or Batlegaard, or even nearer us, between Nybol and Sandbjerg, the Austro-Prussians have a line of only five, or, in the latter case, three miles to guard against the Danes. Supposing the Germans to be no more than 20,000 on this line, they would always be as two to one against any force that could attempt a sortie from Alsen and Dybbol; and the isthmus of the Frede ricia peninsula would be even a closer field for A sallying garrison to try its strength on. Were even 20,000 men insufficient to completely mask, invest, and shut in the fortresses, the Germans might easily sit down before each of them with 40,000 or 50,000, and they could still command 50,000 more for the easy subjugation of the unarmed population. The Danes seem inclined to put their trust in ships, and think that, while Leaving in their two strongholds a sufficient number of de fenders, they could land small forces here anad there so as to harass the enemy on many points and wear him out by incessant desultory warfare. All this, however, would not lead to a happy termination of the struggle in their favour ; it would .not put au end to the foreign occupation of all their main land. The siege of the two fortresses and a series of guerilla exploits would be all that Europe might look forward to for six or eight months or a year to come. At the end of that period the Danes would still be where they were a fort night ago ; they would still have to repurchase their own peninsula, or such part of it as the Ger mans might feel inclined to restore, by accepting such conditions as a conqueror has ii! in his power to dictate. Without achieving their vie,terY by the reduction of Alsen and Fredericia the Aust:ro-Prus sians would reap all the benefits of compleis 9 suc cess. They are under no necessity, and it certainly is not for their interest, to shed another drop of blood by their own act, and such injury as the Danes might still inflict upon them would have no greater effect on the vast body of their troops than the sting of a gnat on the huge bulk of an elephant. Still, the Danes reckon, and very reasonably too, on the chapter of accidents. The in vasion of Jutland, they think, has filled the measure of their enemy's iniquities. The in dignation of Europe cannot long remain passive in sight of so flagrant a violation of all legality. Nothing can be stronger than the conviction in the hearts of those poor Danes that help must turn up for them from some quarter or other. It griev es me more than I can tell to 'be addressed by offi cers and soldiers, when they think they have made it out that I am an Englishman, with such wo r d s as , " Why should England suffer us to perish ? Why do not the English come to the rescue ?" The Danes, however, have something to look for ward to more promising to their cause than the help of foreign nations, and that is dissension among the Germans themselves. Jealousy between Austria and Prussia, the attitude of the Band, the ambition of the minor Princes, the revolutionary tendencies of the German people, everything e ngenders a belief that their enemy cannot long act unanimously against them, if th e y W il l on l y per severe to the end ; and with such prosp e cts before them there is no doubt that the Da ne s will fight on and endure. Their position does not appear to them more hope less than it Was in 1849, when all was lost and all was eventually regained. There has been some trifling encounter of patrols to-day as usual, in which one man was killed and one wounded. The wounded yesterday were three; none killed. I am told that the Germans have been collecting a large number of boats in the Gelting Bucht, across the Flensburg Fjord, with the intention of attempt ing a landing on Alsen, whenever such an attempt m ay be act as a diversion to s contemplated attack on Dybbol. A Danish ship-of-war, however, has sailed this day for the Bucht, and will, no doubt, soon give a good account of the boats there as s i sembled, if the report turns out to be correct. NEW LlFEBOATS.—Yesterday some interesting trials were made with two new lifeboats belonging to the National Lifeboat fastitutim, is the Regent's Canal Dock, Limehouse. One was 36 feet long, and the other 2S feet. The larger boat is to be sent to Palling, Norfolk; and the smaller one to Greencastle, ear Londonderry. The self-righting qualities of the boats ewers perfect, and the water they brought beck with them in recovering their centre of gravity was self-ejected through patent valves in about 30 seconds. Tito Palling lifeboat is the gift to the institution of Messrs. Came and Co„ Parsee merchants, of Gresham House, and that for Greencastle, of J. D. Allcroft Esq., of Wood-arett.